January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
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From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 people in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants.[5][6] The attacks also wounded 22 other people. A fifth shooting attack did not result in any fatalities. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years.[7] The claim of responsibility for the deadly attack on the magazine came in a video showing AQAP commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi, with gunmen in the background that were later identified as the Kouachi brothers. However, while authorities say the video is authentic, there is no proof that AQAP helped to carry out the attacks. Amedy Coulibaly, who committed another leg of the attacks (the Montrouge shooting and the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege) claimed that he belonged to ISIS before he died.
Île-de-France attacks | |
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Location | Charlie Hebdo shooting: 10 Rue Nicolas-Appert, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France[1] Dammartin-en-Goële hostage crisis: Dammartin-en-Goële, France Fontenay-aux-Roses shooting: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Montrouge shooting: Corner of Avenue Pierre Brossolette and Avenue de la Paix in Montrouge, France Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege: in Porte de Vincennes, Paris, France |
Date | 7 January 2015 (2015-01-07) 11:30 CET –9 January 2015 (2015-01-09) 18:35 CET (UTC+01:00) |
Target | Charlie Hebdo employees, police officers, kosher grocery and citizens in and around Paris |
Attack type | Mass shooting, Islamic terrorism, hostage crisis |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 20 total:
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Injured | 22 total:
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Perpetrators | Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, Amedy Coulibaly |
On December 16, 2020, 14 people who were accomplices to both the Jewish supermarket attack and the Charlie Hebdo shooting, including Coulibaly's former partner Hayat Boumeddiene, were convicted.[8] However, three of these accomplices, including Boumeddiene, were not yet captured and were tried in absentia.[8]